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Google Ends Its 30% App Store Fee, Welcomes Third-Party App Stores (m.slashdot.org)
2 points by con 103 days ago
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It’s interesting how much of this shift seems to come from legal pressure rather than market competition. For years both major mobile platforms insisted the 30% cut was necessary for security and platform sustainability. Now that the rules are changing, it suggests the model may have been more flexible than they admitted.